Chapter 247. For the relief of the Beaufort County Lumber Company of North Carolina
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CHAP. 247.— An Act For the relief of the Beaufort County Lumber Company of North Carolina. February 16, 1925.[[S. 2254](/us/bill/68/s/2254).][[Private, No. 169](/us/pvtl/68/169).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Beaufort County Lumber Company.May bring suit for collision damages to tug “Atlantic City”, etc., in district court. That the claim of Beaufort County Lumber Company of North Carolina, a North Carolina corporation, owner of the tug boat Atlantic City and the barge Flora, against the United States for damages alleged 1569to have been caused by collision between the said tug boat and barge and the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer Lydonia in the harbor of Wilmington, North Carolina, may be sued for by the said Beaufort County Lumber Company of North Carolina in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear Jurisdiction of court.and determine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the said Beaufort County Lumber Company of North Carolina, or against the said Beaufort County Lumber Company of North Carolina in favor of the United States upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases between private parties and with the same rights of appeal: *Provided*, That such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney *Provisos*.Notice, etc., to Attorney GeneralGeneral of the United States as may be provided by order of the said court, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States attorney in such district to appear and defend for the United States: *Provided further*, That said suit shall be Commencement of suit.brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, February 16, 1925.